The philosphy of painting

[somerset artist]

To all my fellow artists on the forum, I thought that I would start a thread that offers deep insights into the very art of art.


Remember that creating a masterpiece is easy... it is just a case of putting the paint in the right place!!


Happy painting and feel free to add your own thoughts.



Andrew

[Chris W]

When I paint I am attempting to reveal my inner child.

[Beadsage]

I always preferred to paint the inner child and reveal the rest.:D

[sweet]

LOL....this will be great...can we add favourite artist quotes too?

My partner recently said to me after I finished a painting

Him: "Why did you paint over what you had before, I liked the other painting more"

Me: "this is the other painting, it wasn't finished. I like it now!!!"

Him: "oh, sorry love, this is nice"

hmmmm..not v.good at digging himself out of a hole...lol!

'Nice' isn't a word we like to hear in art

s.x

[ilovecrafts]

can't claim to be an artist, but I like to dabble, and attended some painting classes last year (oils)
came back with a partly done canvas and kids went


"wow...that's really great":D
Then

"what is it meant to be?":confused:

havent got the oils and canvasses out for a while now..not surprisingly!

[somerset artist]

'The creation of art is to an artist as a tree is to a dog in the desert'



Me! - 2008 whilst recently trying to explain to someone why I like to paint.

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Travelling along lifes highway only to find I've turned down a dead end.

:horse:

[wendy]

I love your quote, somerset artist!

I read this one on an artist's site the other day (sorry can't remember the artist's name, or I'd share that with you too):

"If a man has no tea in him, he is incapable of understanding truth and beauty" - Japanese proverb.

I totally understand!!